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Efficacy of Vaccination against Vibriosis in Cultured Kuruma Prawns Penaeus japonicus
Author(s) -
Itami T.,
Takahashi Y.,
Nakamura Y.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
journal of aquatic animal health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.507
H-Index - 52
eISSN - 1548-8667
pISSN - 0899-7659
DOI - 10.1577/1548-8667(1989)001<0238:eovavi>2.3.co;2
Subject(s) - penaeus , biology , microbiology and biotechnology , hemocyte , vaccination , vibrio , vibrionaceae , fishery , andrology , immunology , shrimp , immune system , bacteria , medicine , genetics
Cultured kuruma prawns were experimentally vaccinated against vibriosis with formalin‐killed Vibrio sp. Application of the vaccine by injection, immersion, and spray techniques all reduced mortality of the prawns when they were challenged by Vibrio injection 30 d later. Hemocytes in contact with blood homogenate from immunized prawns produced a chemokinetic factor that activated other hemocytes to migrate through a membrane in a Boyden chamber.